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under -sized and the females very large. Of the two British 

 species of C ' alias, our rare hyale has been common, but no 

 edusa has been sent, the reverse of what one would have 

 expected. There is a large and fine series of Lyccena icarus, 

 some of the females being of a fine dark blue shade ; there 

 arc also many fire under-side varieties. 



About sixty species of moths are in the collection. Nolo, 

 centonalis and Boletobia juliginaria being represented and 

 noteworthy as being of rare occurrence in Britain ; indeed, 

 every species of moth sent occurs in Britain. 



Mr. E. G. Bayford addressed the meeting on two recently 

 published works of interest to Yorkshire Entomologists — (1) 

 ' British Ants : their lite history and classification,' by H. 

 St. J. K. Donisthorpe, F.Z.S., etc. This book deals very 

 fully with the British species of ants and should be of great 

 use to students. (2) A Compilation b}- Prof. Carr, M.A., of 

 the Invertebrate Fauna of Nottinghamsliire. The class hem- 

 iptera was chosen by the speaker as offering an excellent 

 means of comparing the fauna of a neighbouring county with 

 our own. Gerris najas De G., which has occurred for several 

 years at Walton, is not recorded for Notts. (See notice in 

 The Naturalist, 1916). A discussion upon both papers followed. 

 A vote of thanks to Dr. Corbett for his kindness brought an 

 enjoyable meeting to a close. 



BIRDS. 



Turnstones in Upper Wharfedale. — On December 30th, 

 the country around here was much flooded. At Escroft 

 (between Ben Rhydding and Burley), I was surprised and 

 delighted to see two adult Turnstones on the margin of a small 

 flood. As is usual with Turnstones, they allowed a near 

 approach, and then only flew to the opposite side of the water . — 

 Harry B. Booth, Ben Rhydding. 



Wild Geese in Upper Wharfedale, — On December 13th, 

 after wild weather, a flock of about twenty ' Grey ' Geese 

 settled in a large marshy field at Denton — just on the opposite 

 side of the river to Escroft. They would most probably be 

 Pink-footed Geese ; but as none were shot, they could not be 

 correctly identified. Although from time to time, Wild Geese 

 are noted, or heard flying over this district, it is very rarely 

 that a flock settles, and the local farmers prophesied that it 

 meant a continuance of bad weather .—Harry B. Booth, Ben 

 Rhydding. 



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The Entomologist's Record for December contains a note on ' The 

 Alate Females of the Ant-aphis Forda,' with plate. 



1917 Feb. 1. 



